Tokyo Detective Chronicles

However, the monster did not give up. The moment it broke free of its restraints, it immediately extended another limb and aimed straight for Fushimi's back!

By now, he could see the monster's movements clearly; its body was covered with the talismans that Fushimi had thrown on the ground.

Fushimi darted to the right and stood up, stepping onto the train seat.

The grappling hook smashed the tram window, and a cold wind rushed in, ruffling Fushimi's hair.

"roar!!!"

A new attack followed immediately, and this time, it no longer kept the claws on several of its limbs, attacking Fushimi from three directions at the same time, roaring as it bit at him!

This attack virtually shut down all of Fushimi's escape routes.

Fushimi had no intention of hiding!

He took a step forward, and just as the grappling hook was about to pierce Fushimi's back, the shadow beneath his feet suddenly twisted and lengthened, grabbing his waist and back like a pair of hands and pulling him upwards!

Fushimi's body shifted half a meter upwards at an incredible angle, the grappling hook grazing his ribs and tearing open the suit jacket that Hoshizaki Rina had chosen, leaving a shallow bloodstain on his skin.

The monster missed its target and crashed heavily into the spot where it had just been standing, leaving a noticeable dent in the metal carriage wall.

Fushimi grabbed the overhead handrail with his left hand and swung himself up!

Using the momentum of his fall, he brought the fire axe down with all his might!

"puff--!!!"

This time, the axe blade struck the monster's head precisely in the center.

The smooth, grayish-white skull was split open, and black blood mixed with milky-white brain matter splattered... The monster's body convulsed violently a few times before finally going limp and ceasing to move.

[Melee Combat Lv3: 9734/10000 (Master Level)]

The system panel appeared in my mind, and this time I gained a full thirty experience points.

Fushimi landed gasping for breath, the axe blade still embedded in the monster's skull.

He pulled hard, bringing out even more viscous liquid.

Finally, he died...

The thought of breathing a sigh of relief had just crossed his mind, before he could make any further adjustments.

Instinct made him turn around abruptly.

But it was too late.

Something emerged from the shadows behind him, moving so fast that it left only a gray-white afterimage.

Fushimi only had time to turn around, but it was too late to completely avoid the distance...

"Be careful!"

Karin shouted.

The shadow beneath Fushimi's feet suddenly surged up, enveloping and dragging him like a black wave!

At the last second, he was completely pulled into the shadow by Huali. The grayish-white afterimage brushed past the tip of his nose, and the fishy wind it brought made his hair stand on end.

"Bang!"

The sound of a heavy object crashing came from behind.

Almost at the same time...

"ah--!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted from the direction of the sixth carriage.

Fushimi broke free from the shadow's embrace, gripped his axe, and looked back.

The next moment, all the lights on the tram were restored...

At the door of the sixth carriage, a middle-aged office worker wearing a wrinkled Brazilian suit was slumped on the ground.

His right arm... was severed cleanly from the middle, the bloody stump lying on the floor not far from him, his fingers still twitching unconsciously.

Blood gushed out of the wound like a fountain, instantly staining a large area of ​​the floor red.

In front of the man, another grayish-white monster was slowly retracting its appendages.

The blood-soaked appendage still had a few tattered pieces of cloth clinging to it. It stared intently at Fushimi, clearly showing no desire to attack the other passengers.

There's another one...

No, not just one...

Fushimi's pupils contracted.

From the shadows at the rear of the carriage, two more identical monsters slowly crawled out, blocking Fushimi completely in the seventh carriage.

It emits a piercing, sharp hissing sound.

Including the one we just killed... a total of four.

Oh no…

Cold sweat slid down Fushimi's back.

In such a confined and unprepared environment, facing three such monsters head-on with only an axe, he had absolutely no chance of escaping unscathed.

We have no choice but to take a gamble.

"Hana-ri..."

His voice was hoarse: "How long can you control them?"

"You think a monster that size is easy to handle?!"

Karin's voice came from the shadows, clearly strained: "All three together... five seconds at most!"

"Five seconds...that's enough."

Fushimi's gaze swept over the couple.

The two were so terrified that they collapsed in the corner, unable to even cry.

He took a deep breath and made his decision.

The moment the foot moved, the outermost monster rushed into the seventh carriage.

"Control them! Now!"

"Are you crazy?!"

"quick!"

The shadows suddenly surged!

The shadows beneath the three monsters erupted simultaneously, transforming into countless black tentacles that wrapped around their appendages, mouthparts, and bodies!

The monsters roared angrily and struggled frantically, their black tentacles being broken off one by one, only to regenerate again and again.

It's now!

Fushimi moved swiftly, rushing to the couple in a few steps. He grabbed them by the collar with one hand each, lifted them up like chicks, and then threw them forcefully toward the sixth carriage!

He crashed heavily onto the floor of the sixth carriage, rolling around in a heap with a dull thud and a cry of pain.

Two seconds left.

"Hurry up!!" Karin gritted her teeth, her hands outstretched towards the three monsters, barely able to hold on.

Fushimi turned around and faced the three monsters that were temporarily imprisoned.

He threw all the remaining talismans he had on him into the last carriage, and then slammed the door between the carriages shut.

He gripped the axe in his right hand, while his left hand rapidly formed hand seals... his index and middle fingers joined together, his thumb hooking his ring and little fingers, tracing a complex trajectory in the air.

Finally, it came into view.

At the same time, his lips moved rapidly, silently reciting something.

"Karin! Hide!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking.

Karin let out a muffled groan, instantly shrinking back into the sixth carriage through the crack in the door, following her shadow, and lay down next to Fushimi, panting heavily...

The three monsters also broke off all their shadow tentacles at the same time!

They charged toward Fushimi!

It slammed violently into the iron door between the tram cars, deforming it in just one impact... The next impact would break it completely!

He watched the monsters rushing towards him, their gaping, menacing mouths.

Then he smiled.

Fushimi could have chosen to use talismans to secure them for a longer period of time, but he chose not to do so, waiting for this very moment.

Lips opened and closed, uttering the last word...

"burst."

On the floor of the carriage, the dozens of talismans simultaneously lit up with a dazzling white light.

Dozens of expensive composite talismans, each incorporating multiple basic techniques, were activated by Fushimi at the same instant, unleashing their most extreme functions...

explosion.

"BOOM ...

The series of explosions drowned out everything.

The blazing white light engulfed the entire seventh carriage, swallowed the three monsters, and swallowed Fushimi's figure.

The shockwave swept in all directions, the walls of the carriage caved inward, all the glass shattered, the seats were torn to pieces, and the metal was twisted and deformed.

The explosion was so loud that people several kilometers away could hear it.

The bright light shone through the broken car window, illuminating the tunnel walls in a blinding white light that vanished in an instant.

then……

silence.

A long, deathly silence.

The only sounds were the clanging of the tram as it emerged from the tunnel and the howling wind outside the window.